No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 31 October 2004.
This FCA record is no longer authorised, but the company is still on the register with full FCA authorisation under FRN 1050596 →.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
01536 411144
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Last known address
6 Culworth Close, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 5GU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01536 411144 is
- Who else gives the postcode NN15 5GU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Best 4U Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Best 4 U Mortgages Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action. The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 03865441 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 October 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- 6 Culworth Close, Barton Seagrave, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 5GU, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Jo Barlow | Director | Jul 1975 | 1 Jan 2003 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2,853
Up £2,410 from £443
Employees (average)
2
−33% from 3
Owed within a year
£9,239
+102% from £4,564
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03865441. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Best 4 U Mortgages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
19 June 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Best 4 U Mortgages Limited"
FCA register
2016
26 October 2016
- Natalie Jo Barlow became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2004
31 October 2004
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
1999
26 October 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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- All 15 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk